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Expert: - 2/17/2008


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QUESTION: I am just completeing my full restoration of my 56 T-Bird and I am pulling my hair out about the doors.  I cannot seem to get them adjusted properly, the back of the door wants to sag.  Any suggestions?

ANSWER: Well lets play 20 questions and see where we are. Question number one. Have you checked the hinge pins for looseness?
Brad

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QUESTION: No we have not.  Should they be loose or tight?

Answer
Open the door several inches. Grad the door at the back edge and lift. If the hood pins are loose you will be able to lift the back of the door. If they are loose either replace the hinge pins or hinges and see where the door fall then. Check the T Bird suppliers in Hemmings Motor news for replacement pins or hinges. Let me know.
Brad

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Expertise

All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

Experience

Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

Publications
Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

Education/Credentials
More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

Awards and Honors
Moto Award winner. And much more.

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